

Actor
August 5, 1893 · Poltava, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
Vera Vasilyevna Kholodnaya (née Levchenko) was a Ukrainian-born actress of the silent film era. She was the first star of Imperial Russian cinema. Only eight of her films have survived, in part or in whole, and the total number she acted in is unknown, with speculation ranging from 50 to 100.
Cinema in Russia
as Film footage
A Corpse Living
as Masha, gypsy woman
The Last Tango
as Chloe
Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent
as Paula, Lorio's partner
The Woman Who Invented Love
as Antonella
The Beast in Man
as Séverine
Forget the Fireplace; the Lights Went out in It ...
as Mara Zet
At The Beauty's Altar
as Polya, forester's daughter
How They Lie
as Ganka, the dancer
Tortured Souls
as Countess Rutskaya
By the Fireplace
as Lidiya Lanina
Metropolitan Poison
as Vera Darovskaya